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Budweiser's Made In America Festival kicked off yesterday in Philadelphia with a slew of performances including sets from 2 Chainz, A$AP Rocky, Public Enemy, Beyonce and more. The party keeps rolling today and you can check out the entire thing here...

After playing an integral role in putting together the acts that are performing at Budweiser's Made In America Festival, it's only right that Jay Z got to take time out to take in the show. Last night, Jigga was on hand for deadmau5's performance and passed around cups of D'USSE and Ace of Spade to fans while enjoying the performance...

With just a few hours after the release of Lil Wayne’s Dedication 5, fans already have made up their opinion on it. One of Wayne’s adversaries, Pusha T, was not in the mood to praise the YMCMB general. Apparently, Pusha listened to D5 and wasn’t particularly too impressed with what he heard. Though he doesn’...

Hip-hop spawned some pretty tough visuals this past week. With Jay-Z releasing the long awaited visual for "Holy Grail" and Big Sean unleashing the video for "10 2 10", grinding was indeed the theme of the week. Rich Gang also presented the video for "50 Plates" as well as Ace Hood's "Before The Rollie" and Fall Out Boy's Big Sean assisted "The Mighty

Nicki Minaj made a surprise guest appearance at Hot 97's On Da Reggae Tip concert, Friday (August 30) night in NYC. We The Best artist Mavado brought Ms. Minaj out during his set to perform their new single "Give It All To Me." Last night, Nicki was in Detroit and made an unexpected performance at Big Sean's Hall of Fame release concert...

While there were a number of rappers who felt some type of way about Kendrick Lamar's "Control" verse (and expressed such through a number of responses), there were others who seemed to care less. Count A$AP Rocky as one of the latter. RevoltTV recently caught up with the Harlem rapper at the Budweiser Made In America Festival where he revealed his thoughts on the controversial verse..

From Iggy Azalea showing off some incredible fan art to Joey Bada$$ snapping some dope flicks in the biggest pool we've ever seen, Instagram was indeed the place to be. Other hip-hop heads also sought to the social network to pay homage to legends such as Michael Jackson and Martin Luther King Jr...

Chief Keef might be on the verge of getting evicted from the Illinois mansion he currently resides in. The Chicago rapper is being sued by his landlord who claims Keef has failed to pay rent for the months of July and August, reports TMZ...

Big Sean continues the push for his new album Hall of Fame. Last night, Sean's HOF release concert took place at the DTE Energy Music Theater in Detroit and the G.O.O.D. Music rapper brought out a few friends. Drake and Nicki Minaj also graced the stage...

Yesterday, Budweiser's Made In America Festival popped off in Philly. 2 Chainz, A$AP Rocky and Public Enemy were among the acts to bless the stage. Peep the full sets here. The party continues today with performances from Wiz Khalifa, Kendrick Lamar and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis...

The hype surrounding the Dedication series grows bigger with every installment. After a minor delay to add more songs, according to Mack Maine, Lil Wayne has put out Dedication 5 for his fans. Wayne first teased that D5 would arrive after releasing a remix to Ace Hood’s “Bugatti.” During th...

It looks like Young Jeezy is the next rapper to face litigation over a mixtape track. The Atlanta rapper is being sued by soul singer Leroy Hutson over a sample he used for a track on his 2010 mixtape, Trap or Die 2, reports AllHipHop. According to the suit, which was filed in the U...